CVE-2009-0681

HIGH 7.2CVE-2009-0681 · Published 15/04/2009 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2009-0681 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.2) vulnerability affecting desktop (pgp).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.42%, higher than 36.6% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
desktop pgp	`= 8.0= 9.0= 9.0.6≤ 9.9.0`	No fix yet

Description

PGP Desktop before 9.10 allows local users to (1) cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted IOCTL request to pgpdisk.sys, and (2) cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code via a crafted IRP in an IOCTL request to pgpwded.sys.

References

en.securitylab.ru/lab/PT-2009-01 · Patch
securityfocus.com/archive/1/502633/100/0/threaded
securitytracker.com/id
pgp.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/pgp.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php · Vendor Advisory

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